I let the cincinnati go for the moment to consider the clausing. I much rather have the Clausing over the Cincinnati.
The seller of the Cinc. is a good seller, but there is just something about that lathe that seems too overwhelming for me. It is so big, it makes me nervous. When I look at that Clausing, I get goosebumps. It just looks like a good machine. That is what I want.
I just got off the phone with him, and he was busy working late last night. He's gotta work late again tonight, but I am supposed to go by tomorrow and look at it, and hopefully drive off with it.
He said, that there is something like a keyway that needs replacing to get to the lower speeds and there is a leak somewhere and he didn't know where it was coming from. He said all you gotta do is just replace the fluid. I didn't know you had to keep fluids in a lathe?!?? He did say that he was not too knowledgeable about this lathe. He bought is for hobby use. He is looking for something smaller, and he might even trade me my 7x12
Getting to the keyway, whatever that is, he said would not be hard to get to. I don't know what is involved there or if it would be worth dealing with. If someone could explain that, I would be grateful.
Actually, when I asked him, he said he was looking for a 9x20, but who knows. When I told him what I wanted it for, he seemed to know that I needed taper attachments and that he did not have those. He does have a live center, and a couple other things I forgot what he said.
